Illustration from a Ragamala: Khambavati Ragini
Rajasthan, Malwa, circa 1680
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Illustration from a Ragamala: Khambavati Ragini Rajasthan, Malwa, circa 1680

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Illustration from a Ragamala: Khambavati Ragini
Rajasthan, Malwa, circa 1680
gouache and gold on paper, depicting a lady performing worship to Brahma, mounted, framed and glazed -- 19 x 13cm. (some flaking).
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Keeramaneck Collection.
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Lot Essay

"Khambavati is clad in a garment bright like an Autumnal cloud; she is vigorous, of white complexion, capable of the fitting-out of the four-headed (god's) alter, and having taken upon her various kinds of service." See E.and R. Waldschmidt, miniatures of musical inspiration, II, Berlin, 1975, p.340 and fig.124.

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